Breaking Britain returns, this time it’s the schools
Why is so much of Britain’s infrastructure literally falling apart?
13 Sep 2023
News
Press release on the Autumn Statement.
Lib Dems condemn “chaotic and incompetent” budget
17 Nov 2022
Sewage in our Rivers
The sheer quantity of raw sewage being dumped into Britain’s rivers and coastal areas is a scandal and a disgrace.
14 Sep 2022
Bullet Train plans should go to Brussels says MEP
Wolverhampton Liberal Democrat Euro MP Liz Lynne has said that plans floated by Transport Minster Lord Adonis for a possible high speed rail line between London and Birmingham should focus on plugging the region into the existing Eurostar link to the continent.
6 Jan 2009
Shepway Council flips recycling lid
New recycling boxes issued by Shepway Council are no longer supplied with lids according to their customer services department, but ARE according to their own web site!
6 Jan 2009
County Council's maintenance policy a 'danger to the disabled'
The latest victim of the cutbacks in footpath maintenance is local Councillor Ros Webb. She tripped and injured herself on uneven block paving in Market Square, Chelmsford town centre.
6 Jan 2009
Local residents deserve to be rid of eyesore empty property
Lib Dem Councillor for Patching Hall, Ashley Final is calling for an empty Chelmer Housing Partnership property in Eves Crescent (no. 34/36) to be brought back into use to provide much needed rented social housing. The very large house - once a pair of semis - has stood empty and boarded up for well over a year and is now much used as a local dumping ground for litter and (some say) an invitation to illicit drinking and drugging.
6 Jan 2009
Dungeness Nuclear Power Station New Build Public Meetings
British Energy have announced a series of public meetings to explain their plans to nominate land next to the existing Dungeness B Nuclear Power Station for a new nuclear power station. The meetings are open to the public, and British Energy say they are to "hear about our plans and raise any issue you feel British Energy needs to consider."
6 Jan 2009
GOOD NEWS FOR FARMERS AND THE ENVIRONMENT AS RED TAPE AND COSTS ARE CUT FOR ANAEROBIC DIGESTION - BUT NVZ RULES WILL DWARF SAVINGS
Following the introduction of the new Nitrate Pollution Prevention Regulations which came into force on 1st January, Shadow Secretary of State for DEFRA Tim Farron MP has welcomed the news that farmers will no longer be required to pay for waste permits to spread digestate on their fields.
6 Jan 2009